Two-package capability family mirroring session-persistence/:
- dsh-settings: abstract Settings service — namespace registry with
caller-fiber effect registrations, layered resolution (schema defaults
< composition base < user document), schemastery validation,
per-namespace deep-equal commit detection, and the settings/updated
event. Boot/registration validation fails loud; provider publishes
keep last-good per namespace.
- dsh-settings-local: settings.yaml/.json provider — resolveSpec
defaulting to $DSH_HOME/settings.yaml, chokidar hot reload,
content-equality self-write suppression, atomic 0600 tmp+rename
writes, comment-preserving YAML namespace patching.
Consumers register inside ctx.inject(['settings'], …), so every
composition works unchanged without a mounted provider. Real Loader +
Include composition test proves cordis.yml boot and external-edit hot
propagation; HMR disposal test proves registry cleanup. Both packages
hold per-file 100% coverage.
Doc budgets rise 1705→1710 (AGENTS.md) and 835→845 (packages/README.md):
one structural line per file for the new package group.
Agent Note: .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-28-user-settings-seam.md
Review follow-ups: the three new notify loops (currentProvideInfo
subscribers, ui-skill lexicon listeners, late-registration controller
setup) now contain per-callback failures so one faulty consumer cannot
starve the rest, abort the list projection pass, or poison the source
roster with no disposer; controller lexicon polling drops a throwing
source with a console record like the candidate path. The ui-slash
README (both languages) now states the late-registration warm and the
subscribeLexicon contract, and the scenario suite drives a typed /name
token gaining its decoration when the roll settles with no further
input.
provideInfo(id)/maybeProvideInfo(id) lost their last external caller
when the renderer host switched to the currentProvideInfo observable;
both become private (tests assert through the public projection). The
reprojection method's name now says what it does — re-derive and
publish on change — and matches the field family it maintains.
Registrant-private reactive facts previously reached components as raw
observables that each component subscribed by hand (InputBar notices/
lexicon via uSES, SettingsRoot via a version/subscribe/getter triple).
The inject face now carries a reserved hooks compartment of bare
sources; the renderer binds each into a use<Name> selector hook through
the same machinery as the provide channel, so components consume
useNotices/useLexicon/useSections and never see a subscription
primitive. InputBar and SettingsRoot are the first two consumers.
The decoration scan read a mutable lexicon() aggregation during render
with no subscription, so a catalog settling or a child spawning after
prewarm left drafted tokens undecorated until an unrelated re-render.
The controller now publishes the aggregation as a snapshot store fed by
a new optional SlashSource.subscribeLexicon hook (ui-skill notifies on
settle/invalidate, ui-subagent forwards the session-list feed), the
composer keyboard face exposes it as an observable, and InputBar
subscribes through uSES. Sources registered after scope birth now warm
and join live controllers via a service broadcast.
The manual useState+useEffect subscription could miss a registration
landing between render and effect commit; uSES closes that window and
keeps the same version-dedupe behavior.
A provider roster change under a stable current id rematerialized every
scope's bundle but nothing notified React: SessionProvider resolved the
bundle from a current-id subscription only, so mounted entries kept the
obsolete hook/prop schema until an unrelated re-render. The sessions
service now owns an atomic currentProvide observable fed by both current
writes and roster changes; the renderer host exposes it as
sessions.provide, replacing the current/provideInfo/maybeProvideInfo
trio, and both providers subscribe to it.
Tool row summaries strip the session workspace root; the running sweep
becomes a glare-band overlay (deepsuite ShimmerText pattern); assistant
nodes that render nothing no longer split tool-row groups; block and
tool-row spacing collapse to one 16px rhythm.
- StateDot ongoing: gradient spin ring replaced by an 8-cell pixel chase
(2px matrix cells, stepped trail, no tweening)
- Chat: streaming pulse block replaced by a turn-level 4-pixel chase at the
flow tail — rides the whole running turn (first-token wait, tools,
streaming) instead of flickering with partial presence
- Tool rows (ToolRow/BashRow): running no longer swaps the icon for a dot;
an animated mask band sweeps the row content, gliding off on exit via
mask-position transition
- Composer: send/stop unified on the blue fill (bigger stop glyph, static
white arrow), textarea box-sizing overflow fix, settling phase hides the
composer while replay decides hero vs docked, workspace-placeholder
fallback disables the bar
- Hero: glow moved behind (z-index) with lower opacity; tool-row hover icon
crossfade at 100ms
- The hero workspace chip is a selector: no-live-selection states (cold
start, workspace deleted from the sidebar after the list is ready) now
render a "Choose workspace" placeholder (closed-folder icon) instead of
resurrecting the deleted folder name via the session cwd; the cwd-derived
name still bridges the initial list load. Stale pending picks clear when
their workspace leaves a ready list.
- The expanded sidebar wordmark starts a new session (visuals unchanged,
pointer cursor only); the collapsed rail logo keeps its expand toggle.
- The centered hero composer stack gains a 32px foot for visual balance.
Menus: keep 12px viewport clearance with internal scroll, pin workspace
create actions in a footer, and pre-render portal lists hidden so the
first painted frame is already at its final position (no open jump).
Tool rows: 14px icons, secondary titles, no hover fill, and a hover
chevron preview on in-place expandable rows. Settings: 800x600 layer-2
panel over a blurred mask, hover states, and wrapping selector cubes;
ModelSelect surface tokens now match the Menu primitive.
